On the 20th March 2009, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) upheld a complaint that contrary to the advertising the products had not been assessed for efficacy. A MHRA spokesman said: “Nelsons, the registration holder, on behalf of Duchy Originals agreed they would amend their advertising and remove claims of efficacy from their website and all future advertising.”

The next time he’s deciding whether to pay his credit card bills or buy his kids a new pair of shoes I’ll remind myself to let my heart bleed for him.

]]>By: The Rogues Gallery » Blog Archive » His Royal Quackinesshttp://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/duchy-originals-detox-tincture/#comment-10553
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:03:21 +0000http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=494#comment-10553[…] he says it was to promote organic food and farming. He was recently criticized for marketing his “detox tincture” – a combination of a quaint term with the latest scam buzzword, “detox”. The […]
]]>By: HHChttp://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/duchy-originals-detox-tincture/#comment-10388
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:48:59 +0000http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=494#comment-10388The Queen costs each person in Britain 66 p a year or 93 cents American.
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Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:39:00 +0000http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=494#comment-10387Thanks for the information and links to the Telegraph. Apparently, the Duchy of Cornwall is one of the largest and oldest in Great Britain. It was created in 1337 by Edward III for his son. The estate includes farmland, housing and commercial properties and a portfolio of investments, shares and bonds.The Cornwall properties have exemptions from the 1967 Leasehold Reform Act, so that the estate will not be forceably divided. Prince Charles does not own the assets. He lives on dividends on shares and rents. He voluntarily pays taxes on his income. He has a personal household and 100 staff to maintain.
]]>By: PaulGhttp://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/duchy-originals-detox-tincture/#comment-10386
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:43:22 +0000http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=494#comment-10386Okay – said I didn’t know much about this, but where do you get your information that the Duke of Cornwall receives nothing from the Civil List?

Can’t say I’ve actually bothered to look much, but Wikipedia was a little unclear, and I’m not sure how much I’d trust it anyway.

So, if we take it that poor old Charles doesn’t get any cash from the Civil List, that means he has to depend upon his own wiles to earn his daily bread. I suppose that would explain why he feels the need to con a populace who, on average, earn less than 1/500 of his estimated annual income (£15m)…

“The Duchy of Cornwall is, with the Duchy of Lancaster, one of the two Royal duchies in the United Kingdom. The eldest son of the reigning British monarch inherits the duchy and title of Duke of Cornwall at the time of his birth (if the monarch has no son the estates of the Duchy are held by the Crown and there is no Duke). The current Duke is Charles, the Prince of Wales.”

My understanding is that Prince Charles does not receive income from the civil list.

So the old con-artist is not exactly “short of a few quid” (American cousins, read “bucks” for “quid”). He shouldn’t really have to resort to conning the UK public.

But what the Hell, it’s not like the Royal Family have any real talents they can market in these times of economic tribulation… “Hey old boy, would anybody like to buy an unfeasibly large, diamond encrusted, hat?” (I can just hear Jay saying it).